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47. Requires clerks of guardians, and overseers where no guardians, to make returns of pauper lunatics to the visitors to the clerk of the peace-to the Commissioners in Lunacy and to the Poor Law Commissioners, on or before February 1, in every year-repeals 5 & 6 Vict. c. 57, s. 6, pro tanto

Admission of Lunatics.

48. Provides that the medical officer of every union or
parish shall give notice of chargeable lunatics to the
overseer or relieving officer-the overseer or relieving
officer shall give notice to a justice-the justice shall call
in the assistance of a medical practitioner, and shall
order the lunatic, if certified to be such, to be removed
to a lunatic asylum, hospital, or licensed house-re-
quires the overseer, or relieving officer, to cause such
lunatic to be conveyed accordingly-provides that if
the lunatic cannot be brought to the justice, the justice
or an officiating clergyman, with the overseer, or re-
lieving officer, may examine him at his own abode,
with the like assistance, and if he be proved to be luna-
tic shall remove him by order as above-provides for
the suspension of the removal when the lunatic can-
not be removed on account of health or otherwise
49. Provides for the removal of lunatics wandering within
any parish, and of lunatics not chargeable, but under
the care of a person who neglects or cruelly treats them
so that they are not properly taken care of-enables
one justice to remove the former-and two the latter,
with similar regulations as before in regard to lunatics
which cannot be brought before the justice, and the sus-
pension of the order-requires the justices or two visit-
ing justices to make order on the treasurer of the
guardians, or the overseer, to pay the charges and ex-
penses-provides that the justices may apply to the
relatives of a lunatic who has property, for the payment
of the costs, and if they be not paid may make an
order on the overseers to take his property for such
payment-enables trustees of the lunatic to pay for the

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cost of his maintenance, on production of the order of the justices-and provides that any friend or relation may take charge of the lunatic, if security be given for the lunatic being properly taken care of 50. Imposes penalties on medical officers, overseers, or relieving officer, omitting to give notice, and on the overseers and relieving officers omitting to apprehend wandering lunatics

51. Prohibits reception into asylum, hospital, or licensed
house, of pauper lunatic, without an order of justice
or clergyman with an overseer, or relieving officer,
and a medical certificate-imposes penalty
52. Prohibits reception into an asylum of a lunatic, not a
pauper, without an order in specified form, and two
medical certificates-imposes penalty-provides for
reception upon one certificate alone, another being
obtained within three days-imposes penalty

53. Imposes penalty on medical practitioner signing un-
true certificate

54. Provides that such order shall extend to the admission into any asylum of the county or borough, or into any licensed house or registered hospital, and that every lunatic,under such order, shall be taken in the first place to the principal asylum of the county or borough, and shall be kept there, unless circumstances render this inconvenient-prohibits the sending of any lunatic to an hospital, or licensed house, or detaining him therein, unless there be no accommodation in the county asylum-enables two visiting justices to direct the removal of pauper lunatics from hospitals, or licensed houses, to the county asylum-imposes penalty for disobedience of their order

55. Requires every pauper lunatic belonging to any parish not in an asylum, registered hospital, or licensed house to be visited by the medical officer of the parish or union once in every three months-and a list of all such lunatics to be sent once in every three

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months by such medical officer to the clerk of the peace
-to the visitors of the asylum, and to the commission-
ers according to the form prescribed in the schedule―—
provides that after an asylum is established no pauper
lately become lunatic shall be received or detained in
any other place than a lunatic asylum, hospital, or
licensed house-imposes penalty on medical officer
making false return

56. Empowers visitors to remove pauper lunatics to asylum for chronic lunatics—and requires the medical officer to report the absence of pauper lunatics in the principal asylum to the justices and the Commissioners in Lunacy who shall report the same to the Secretary of State-and enables the commissioners to remove any pauper from one asylum to another, or to a licensed house or hospital, and vice versa

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Payment for Maintenance of the Lunatic. 57. Declares that every pauper lunatic confined under the provisions of this Act, shall belong and be chargeable to the parish from which he is sent, until it be adjudged that he is settled in some other parish, or that it cannot be ascertained in what parish he is settled - 174 58. Enables two justices to inquire into and adjudge the settlement of the pauper lunatic confined or ordered to be confined 59. Provides for the adjudication by two justices, that a pauper lunatic whose settlement cannot be ascertained is chargeable to the county-empowers the justices to direct inquiry, and delay their judgment until inquiry has been made-enables a county at any time to procure an adjudication of the settlement 60. Authorizes in all cases of inquiries and appeals, the guardians and officers interested therein, and persons authorized by them to have access to the lunatic 61. Empowers the justice or justices to make an order upon the treasurer of the guardians or other officer of the union or parish, or the overseers of the parish for the payment of the costs of the maintenance of

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the pauper lunatic, and requires such order to be
obeyed by the treasurer or overseer

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62. Enables two justices of a county, or two visitors when
it is adjudged that the lunatic is settled in some other
parish than that from which he was sent, to make an
order upon the treasurer of the guardians of the
union in which the parish of the settlement is com-
prised, or on the overseers to reimburse the former
parish their costs and charges, and to pay to the
treasurer, officer, or proprietor, the future charges of
the maintenance-requires the treasurer or overseer
to pay the same-gives a right of appeal-and pro-
vides for the respondent -
63. Makes a similar proviso as to an order upon the
treasurer of the county, when it is ascertained or ad-
judged that the lunatic is chargeable to a county-
and requires the treasury of the county to pay the

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64. Makes a similar provision as to an order upon a parish in which the settlement shall be adjudged in favour of the county to which the lunatic has been chargeable requires the treasurer of the guardians or the overseers to pay the same - 180 65. Enables visitors to discharge any lunatic from the asylum upon the undertaking of a relation or friend that he shall be no longer chargeable and shall be properly taken care of

66. Enables justices being visitors to make such orders out of their jurisdiction

67. Gives an appeal to persons aggrieved by a refusal of any order

68. Requires money ordered to be paid by any such officer
to be recovered by warrant of distress in case of
neglect of payment after twenty days, or by an
action at law —in which no objection is to be taken
for want of form, where there has been no successful
appeal
69. Enables medical practitioners appointed by guardians
or overseers-the guardians or the overseers to visit

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any lunatic in an asylum between stated times, unless such visits be prohibited by the medical officer as dangerous - 183 70. Provides that when an asylum can accommodate more than the lunatics of the county or borough, the visitors and justices may order the admission of other pauper lunatics-requires them to be admitted with order and certificate, and an undertaking for charges of maintenance and for removal by the guardians or overseeers-provides for the rate of charge

Removal and Discharge of Lunatics.

71. Provides for the removal, total or partial, and the discharge of lunatics from asylums-requires them to be detained until an order for removal or discharge be obtained-imposes penalty on disobedience

72. Requires the union, parish, or county to pay the expenses of the removal or discharge of a lunatic chargeable to a parish or county after allowance by two justices

Entries and Notices.

73. Requires clerk of the asylum upon admission of lunatic to make entry in the register, and send copies of order and medical certificates to the Commissioners in Lunacy-imposes penalty on neglect

66 a

74. Requires medical officer of the asylum to keep medical journal" and "a case book," and such books to be laid before visitors-imposes penalty on neglect

75. Requires a notice and statement of death of every patient to be drawn up by the clerk and medical officer, and sent to the clerk of the peace—the commissioners-and to the relieving officer or other officer signing the statement on admission-imposes penalty on neglect

76. Requires the clerk to enter in the register of patients

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